New Work for Clarinet and Piano
Edward Gregson has completed a new work for clarinet and piano entitled
‘Tributes’. Each of the five pieces, or Tributes, is dedicated to a composer
known for his contribution to the clarinet repertoire: Poulenc, Finzi,
Stravinsky, Messiaen, and Bartok.
In addition, the composer has dedicated each of the pieces to a clarinettist
with whom he has had musical associations. Two of the pieces are to be
premiered in Portugal next month by one of the dedicatees, Nicholas Cox. The
complete work will be premiered next year by all five clarinettists with
dates and venues to be announced. The other four …
Gregson writes new ceremonial works for English universities
Edward Gregson has been commissioned by two English universities to write new ceremonial brass works for their graduation ceremonies. Anglia Ruskin University has commissioned Ceremonial for brass quintet for their graduation ceremonies this coming Autumn; the commission commemorates the 150th anniversary of John Ruskin’s foundation of the Cambridge School of Art, now part of Anglia Ruskin University.
The other commission is from the recently established University for the Creative Arts which has commissioned Music for an Occasion, also for brass quintet. The first performance took place at a ceremony at Guildford Cathedral in June, with others following over the …
Read MoreGregson’s new BBC commission
Edward Gregson is writing a new work for this season’s BBC Philharmonic series at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. The BBC has commissioned a new work to go alongside Mahler’s Sixth Symphony for the Mahler Symphony Cycle which runs from January 2010 until June 2010 and is a collaboration between the BBC Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras.
The new work, entitled Dream Song, will be given its premiere at a concert on Saturday March 27, 2010 by the BBC Philharmonic under its Principal Conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
Dream Song is a 20 minute work for large orchestra, dramatic in structure and content. It uses …
Read MoreBBC Radio 3 broadcast of Saxophone Concerto
Edward Gregon’s recent Saxophone Concerto is to be broadcast again on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday 24 June on ‘Classical Collection’ at around 11.30am. The soloist is Nobuya Sugawa with the BBC Philharmonic under Clark Rundell. The work was released last year on CD on the Chandos label, alongside Gregson’s Trumpet Concerto and Concerto for Piano and Wind.…
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